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The Bills “Trail of Tales” (Borealis, 2016)

January 18, 2019 Muff Fitzgerald 0
Five days before his death from typhoid fever and the final tertiary stage of syphilis in November 1828, Franz Schubert requested that a friend, Karl Holz, bring his string quartet to his deathbed and play for […]
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Bob Sumner “Wasted Love Songs” (Independent, 2019)

January 18, 2019 Andrew Frolish 0
Bob Sumner is used to rocking out with his brother as one half of the Sumner Brothers, but this debut solo release finds him in a more reflective mood. The folk-based Americana of ‘Wasted Love Songs’ […]
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Foreign Affairs “Old Fire Station EP” (Independent, 2018)

January 17, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
Bristolian siblin duo Adam and Lawrence Purnell have produced their first new recorded material since their initial release ‘The First EP‘ back in 2015. The six tracks on ‘Old Fire Station‘ powerfully show off their folk-rock […]
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Dave Giles “Tennessee and the 48th” (Independent, 2018)

January 16, 2019 Mark Hegarty 0
‘Tennessee and The 48th’ is the second album from London- based Americana/Folk Rock singer songwriter Dave Giles. Crowd funded, this impressive record was recorded in Nashville early in 2018 on the back of shows throughout the UK, Europe […]
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Joe Blanton “Good, Bad, Right or Wrong” (Underground Treehouse, 2018)

January 15, 2019 Mike Elliott 0
It’s easy to get lost in the weeds these days as we find new ways to compartmentalize and format music. Rock and country seem to be endlessly hyphenated.  Sometimes we need to stop the chin scratching, […]

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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

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Charles Wesley Godwin to release new collaborative album in July

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Charles Wesley Godwin has announced his new album, Christian Name, which is out on 24th July 2026, via Big Loud Records. In 2024, Godwin and his wife, Samantha, suffered an awful tragedy when their third child, […]
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Midwestern Mrs “I’m Still Here”

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A strong debut album with a range of folk-based songs with lyrical depth and style. This is the first full-length album from Ohio-based Midwestern Mrs, better known as Georgia Evans to her family, following a string […]

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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

May 18, 2026 0
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Interview: Daniel Tashian on being a reluctant band leader and the joys of songwriting collaborations

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Daniel Tashian is a legend in Nashville. He’s a deeply respected songwriter, he’s a solo artist with six albums to his name, he’s been in two superb bands, and he’s the go-to guy when you want […]
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Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

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The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]

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Video Premiere: Adam Klein “Low Flyin’ Planes”

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This excellent video premiere is the title track and final release from from last year’s Adam Klein album, ‘Low Flyin’ Planes’.   Klein’s gentle strum and clean, melodic vocals bring to mind classic folk singer-songwriters like Townes […]
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James Taylor announces that he loves to cuddle

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There are lots of other things he loves to do as well – rolling cigarettes for example, or falling off logs.  Now, he knows that sounds crazy – and who are we to disagree – but […]
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Classic Clips: Bill Kirchen “Blue Christmas Lights” – Live in Cleveland 2009

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YouTube is full of grainy, shaky and barely audible concert footage taken by audience members using inadequate equipment. For the most part ‘Classic Clips’ steers clear of such content. However, from time to time, something will […]

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